Call for Applications: Postgraduate EPFLglobaLeaders Fellowships 2022-23, Switzerland

Application deadlines: Call 3: May 15, 2022

A new doctoral fellowship programme for the next generation of sustainable science leaders.

The fellowship

The EPFLglobaLeaders fellowship consists of a monthly contribution to the salary of the doctoral candidate of EUR 1’935 and is granted for a period of forty-eight months. The thesis supervisor must complement the EU contribution to the salary of the doctoral candidate (co-funding cannot come from other H2020 / Horizon Europe funding sources) and pay for the other associated costs (research costs, equipment, travel expenses, conferences, etc.).

Eligibility requirements

EPFLglobaLeaders is open to applicants of any nationality provided they fulfill the following eligibility criteria:

Diploma: Applicants must hold a Master’s degree (or equivalent) before they sign their employment contract.

Early Stage Researchers: Applicants must be Early Stage Researchers (ESR): by the time they sign their employment contract, they must not have completed more than four years of full-time research, and they must not have been awarded a doctoral degree.

MSCA transnational mobility rule: Applicants must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in Switzerland for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately before the call deadline. Exceptions to these rules are possible in order to ensure equal opportunities for applicants whose scientific career was interrupted. Therefore, the time spent as part of a procedure for obtaining refugee status under the Geneva Convention, compulsory national service, maternity leave, and/or short stays such as holidays are not taken into account.

Start and duration of the fellowship

Call 3: at the earliest on 1 December 2022 and the latest on 1 April 2023.

The duration of an EPFLglobaLeaders doctoral fellowship is 48 months (4 years).

Disciplines

EPFLglobaLeaders fellowships are available in any discipline included in the research areas of EPFL. The programme is open to applicants to any of the 22 doctoral programmes available at EPFL.

Location

Research funded by the EPFLglobaLeaders programme can only be conducted on the EPFL campuses in Lausanne, Geneva, Neuchâtel, Valais, or Fribourg.

Source / Additional information: Official Website.